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Isn't this like...the third time he's scanned it? I might go back, and check but are the descriptions of the Pokemon the same thing everytime? Also was this the first time Facade was used and explained in the anime?

Iris: *sigh* "Watching today's battle made me reconsider him a bit....but he's still a child."

Lol, the madness won't end. I guess Ash just goes through relapses in her perception huh? XP

After seeing the subs it looks like Ash really was ready to beat Stephan. He had Krookodile hide Aerial Ace until Sawk came out, used Palpitoad for type advantage and trained Leavanny in speed to take on hard hitters like Sawk. It was better that Ash didn't use Unfezant because Stephan would have seen Aerial Ace coming a mile away.

I might go back, and check but are the descriptions of the Pokemon the same thing everytime?

Nope. They're usually either from the Black or White dex entries, or a combination of both, sometimes with some slight rewriting, though occasionally an anime-only entry is used.

The entry in this episode and in BW43 are identical, and is a very minor rewrite of the Pokemon White Pokedex entry (the grammatical form of one word is slightly different in the anime). The dex entry used in BW71 is a rewrite of the entry from Pokemon Black.

Trip could also be excused since he was caught off guard by Serperior's powered up moves and new strategy. He also knew Stephan better then he knew Trip and Cameron.

The only move powered up was Dragon Tail... everything else pretty much ruined the awesome set it had in the Junior Cup. Plus I don't know why he wouldn't of known Trip to use Serperior, plus I question why didn't prepare for it's speed when he knew it was fast when it beat Pignite.

Still, I have no qualms about this episode other then Palpitoad and Leavanny drawing the short straws

I really loved palpitoad in this episode, makes me wish ash would use it more
Also the same with leavanny, really liked both of them
And as for news moves and special training mentioned by ash
I wish we had seen this! I love them type episodes and would give the neglected some air time of their own.....
But all in all, it was a great match between the two I enjoyed it very much
Can't wait to see how ash deals with Cameron's very powerful pokemon.....

Can't wait to see how ash deals with Cameron's very powerful pokemon.....

Trust me... how he deals with it is not all that special

Spoiler:- If you really don't mind:

If you happened to open this, here's how Ash deals with Hydreigon... He fodders off Boldore and Oshawott so Pignite can steal the overall win. And then Cameron and Ash go on an idiotic streak of choosing ad leaving Pokemon in

The thing with Ash using his pokedex on Unova Pokemon he's already seen once/more than once is really getting annoying. He's dexed and been around Stephan's Sawk during the last Cup.

At this point I even agree, it's one thing to dex a Pokemon once a generation on the account its dex entry MIGHT be different but 3 times in one generation? I would expect twice on the account each game version's Pokedex is different.

But if it's just going to be a slight rewrite, what's the point?

Ash scans his own Pokemon for information on moves, I doubt the same can be said about the opponent's Pokemon.

I mean really, I guess I have to agree with the person who said that the anime is contracted to use Pokedex entries in like every episode.

Or I guess it's because they have nothing to fill that time with but Pokedex entries. I guess it's their way of being lazy.

Because I can't see how someone missing the last episode with Sawk being Pokedexed is so relevant to the decision.

This certainly was a pretty good episode. It was nice to see some interesting attacks/ability make its anime debut in the forms of Sludge Wave, Facade, and Swarm. The battle between Stephan and Ash went really well.

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What dman said, best episode of the Unove League. 4/5 of it is all about Ash VS Stephan, and it was trutfully the best battle I've seen in this league. Palpitoad and Levanny were both incredible by Ash's command. Props to him for unleashing a Poisionfusion tactice, and having Swarm activated upon Levanny. Krookodile was bad*** as usual, and that last minute Aerial Ace was killer.

I won't be surprised if this battle isn't topped by the remaining to come. No surprise.

Surprised, however, that Hydreigon is shown at the very end. Why do this when the next episode is titled all about the Pokemon, aka the "Secret Weapon"? Hype I guess.

Nice to see the other Top 8 shown all together during the battle. Katharine~

This certainly was a pretty good episode. It was nice to see some interesting attacks/ability make its anime debut in the forms of Sludge Wave, Facade, and Swarm. The battle between Stephan and Ash went really well.

Facade already debuted back in the Battle Frontier. Lucy's Mioltic used it against Pikachu